English Dictionary

whitewash

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈwaɪtwɒʃ/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 廃用 イギリス英語 俗語

A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white. / (sports) A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep.

日本語の意味

（漆喰）石灰と水の混合物で、壁やフェンスなどを明るい白色に塗るために用いられるもの / （スポーツ）全く負けることなく、完勝または一連の勝利を収めること、いわゆるクリーンスイープ

After the fence was damaged by the storm, the neighbors gathered to apply whitewash to restore its bright new look.

嵐で柵が壊れた後、近所の人たちはその真っ白な外観を取り戻すために石灰と水を混ぜた塗料を塗りに集まりました。

意味（1）

A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.

For walls plaster gave a smooth white surface; or if it was not sufficiently white, or had become discoloured, it could be brightened up with a coat of whitewash or paint.

意味（2）

(sports) A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep.

For the first time in a long time, Australia are being threatened with the prospect of a 5-0 whitewash

意味（3）

(politics) A campaign to paper over unfavorable elements.

“She has developed an arrogance of power,” Mr. Richardson said by telephone during a layover in Tokyo on his way back to New Mexico from Myanmar. “I’ve known her a long time and am fond of her, but she basically is unwilling to listen to bad news, and I don’t want to be part of a whitewash.”

意味（4）

(cooking) The most basic type of thickening agent, flour blended with water to make a paste.

意味（5）

(obsolete) Any liquid composition for whitening something, such as a wash for making the skin fair.

I have heard a whole Sermon against a White-wash.

意味（6）

(UK, slang, obsolete) A glass of sherry as a finale, after drinking port and claret.

The bottles, however, were port bottles, but contained mushroom ketchup; and we can only say with regard to the 15s. sherry, that it would have made an admirable whitewash, as Sheridan's glass is still sometimes called, […]

whitewashes （ plural ）